diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 8a01151bd77f..39ea219cf645 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -48,4 +48,18 @@ let self = with self; {
       sha256 = "1gcsh9iar5qa1yzpjki9bb5rivcb6yjp45lmjmp98wlyf83vmy2y";
     };
   };
+
+  zmq = buildPecl rec {
+    name = "zmq-1.1.2";
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "http://pecl.php.net/get/${name}.tgz";
+      sha256 = "0ccz73p8pkda3y9p9qbr3m19m0yrf7k2bvqgbaly3ibgh9bazc69";
+    };
+
+    configureFlags = [
+      "--with-zmq=${pkgs.zeromq2}"
+    ];
+
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
+  };
 }; in self